Racial disparities and changes in clinical characteristics and survival for vulvar cancer over time

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 209, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 468.e1-468.e10

  Rauh Hain, J Alejandro ^a   Clemmer, Joel ^a   Clark, Rachel M ^a   Bradford, Leslie S ^a   Growdon, Whitfield B ^a   Goodman, Annekathryn ^a   Boruta II, David M ^a   Schorge, John O ^a   Del Carmen, Marcela G ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; disparities; race; vulvar cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISTANT METASTASIS; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LYMPH NODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA OF THE VULVA; VULVA CANCER;

EID: 84886776383     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2013.07.021     Document Type: Conference Paper

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